TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tully, Jeffrey
AU  - Coravos, Andrea
AU  - Doerr, Megan
AU  - Dameff, Christian
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/3/30
TI  - Connected Medical Technology and Cybersecurity Informed Consent: A New Paradigm
JO  - J Med Internet Res
SP  - e17612
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
KW  - connected medical technology
KW  - cybersecurity
KW  - informed consent
KW  - privacy
KW  - patient autonomy
KW  - digital health
KW  - medical devices
KW  - ethics
AB  - Background: Connected medical technology is increasingly prevalent and offers both a host of new therapeutic potentials and cybersecurity-related considerations. Current practice largely does not include discussions of cybersecurity issues when clinicians obtain informed consent. Objective: This paper aims to raise awareness about cybersecurity considerations for connected medical technology as they relate to informed consent discussions between patients and clinicians. Methods: Clinicians, health care cybersecurity researchers, and informed consent experts propose the concept of a cybersecurity informed consent for connected medical technology. Results: This viewpoint discusses concepts designed to facilitate further discussion on the need, development, and execution of cybersecurity informed consent. Conclusions: Cybersecurity informed consent may be a necessary component of informed consent practices, as connected medical technology proliferates in the health care environment. 
SN  - 1438-8871
UR  - http://www.jmir.org/2020/3/e17612/
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/17612
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32224492
DO  - 10.2196/17612
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/17612
ER  -